Life seems so much fun being flat that his brother, Arthur, is jealous and tries to flatten himself. Stanley Lambchop is now a hero and a household name. Stanley’s adventures also allow him to help catch two local thieves who have escaped capture for a long time. He finds that his new flat life is really very handy – he can slip under doors, fit into an envelope to be posted to his friend’s house in America, be carried like a rolled-up parcel, and be flown like a kite. The Flat Stanley books are perfect for newly independent readers thanks to the fun illustrations, short chapters and crazy adventures.Stanley Lambchop awakes one morning to find that he is flat. There are benefits to Stanley’s strange predicament - he can slide under doors and be posted to his friends for a holiday - but it’s not always easy being different and, once the novelty begins to wear off, Stanley wishes he could be just like everybody else again. Since the night a giant pinboard fell on top of him, he has been completely flat. Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. And in 2017, more than fifty years after the first book was published, new editions were released illustrated by award-winning author/ illustrator Rob Biddulph. Since the author’s death in 2003 several other writers, including Sara Pennypacker and Jon Mitchell, have continued Jeff Brown’s books in Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures. What started out as a bedtime story for author Jeff Brown’s sons, soon became a bestseller and there are now more than twenty Flat Stanley books, published all over the world. Flat Stanley is a classic American children’s book series for readers 5+.
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